Least-cost Planning in Regulated Power Systems: the US Policy Example

By
Megan O’Reilly
On
March 22, 2017

At an international workshop organized by Agora Energiewende on the cost-effective and reliable operation of power systems with growing shares of variable renewable energy, Megan O’Reilly, a Robert Bosch Fellow working with Agora and RAP, spoke about the intricacies of integrated resource planning.

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